ir union, produced a _third_. These _Three_ produced
all."[372:8]

The ancient emperors of China solemnly sacrificed, every three years, to
"Him who is One and Three."[372:9]

The ancient _Egyptians_ worshiped God in the form of a Trinity, which
was represented in sculptures on the most ancient of their temples. The
celebrated symbol of the wing, the globe, and the serpent, is supposed
to have stood for the different attributes of God.[373:1]

The priests of Memphis, in Egypt, explained this mystery to the novice,
by intimating that the premier (first) _monad_ created the _dyad_, who
engendered the _triad_, and that it is this triad which shines through
nature.

Thulis, a great monarch, who at one time reigned over all Egypt, and who
was in the habit of consulting the oracle of Serapis, is said to have
addressed the oracle in these words:

"Tell me if ever there was before one greater than I, or will
ever be one greater than me?"

The oracle answered thus:

"First _God_, afterward the _Word_, and with them the _Holy
Spirit_, all these are of the same nature, and make but _one_
whole, of which the power is eternal. Go away quickly,
_mortal_, thou who hast but an uncertain life."[373:2]

The idea of calling the second person in the Trinity the _Logos_, or
_Word_[373:3] is an Egyptian feature, and was engrafted into
Christianity many centuries after the time of Christ Jesus.[373:4]
_Apollo_, who had his tomb at Delphi in Egypt, was called the
Word.[373:5]

Mr. Bonwick, in his "Egyptian Belief and Modern Thought," says:

"Some persons are prepared to admit that the most astonishing
development of the old religion of Egypt was in relation to
the _Logos_ or Divine _Word_, by whom all things were made,
and who, though from God, was God. It had long been known that
Plato, Aristotle, and others before the Christian era,
cherished the idea of this Demiurgus; but it was not known
till of late that Chaldeans and Egyptians recognized this
mysterious principle."[373:6]

"The _Logos_ or _Word_ was a great mystery (among the
Egyptians), in whose sacred books the following passages may
be seen: 'I know the mystery of the divine Word;' 'The Word of
the Lord of All, which was the maker of it;' 'The Word--this
is the first person after himself, uncreated, infinite ruling
over all things that were made by him.'"[374:1]